Smooth Amaranth

(Amaranthus hybridus)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habit: Erect summer annual herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from well-developed taproot; root system may be red in color

Leaf anatomy: Alternately arranged, simple, ovate, glabrous, long petioles

Reproduction: Panicle inflorescences

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}